Fav Quotes

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”—Confucius

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Victor Frankl

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” — Mark Twain

The glory of God is man Fully Alive

“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.” – Simon Sinek

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live” —Norman Cousins

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor Frankl

“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” ― Gary Keller

“We are what we repeatedly do.” Aristotle

“Words may inspire, but only ACTION creates change. Most of us live our lives by accident – we live life as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.”—Simon Sinek

“The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being, because such a life is deprived of the possibility of meaning and purpose” —Socrates

“We are what we repeatedly do” —Aristotle

“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on children than the unlived lives of their parents” —Carl Jung

“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” – Simon Sinek

“There’s an art to mastering life. It’s the art of fulfillment. Success without fulfillment is failure.” – Tony Robbins

“Your days are your life in miniature. As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you live your days, so you craft your life. What you do today is actually creating your future. The words you speak, the thoughts you think, the food you eat and the actions you take are defining your destiny — shaping who you are becoming and what your life will stand for.” Robin Sharma

“Find a place where there is joy and the joy will burn out the pain.” Joseph Campbell

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” Joseph Campbell

Your health, wealth, joy, fitness, and success depend upon your daily rituals

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Jesus in Proverbs 23:7

“Your thoughts are like the artist’s brush. They create a personal picture of the reality you live in.” – Sydney Banks

Cells that fire together, wire together

Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” – Lao Tzu

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” Abraham Maslow

“The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.” – Robin Sharma

LIE = Limiting Idea, Entertained

Name it to tame it!

“What you focus on expands, and when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to oneself, whether the statement be true or false…Every man is what he is because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind.” Napoleon Hill

You allow the pain to create even greater injury – our wounds need attention and care just like our physical wounds. Often our past hurts stand in the way of our future promised land

Your identity emerges out of your habits. Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become” —James Clear

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” – John Dryden

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” —Samuel Johnson

“So, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important work—your ONE thing—early, before your willpower is drawn down. Since your self-control will be sapped throughout the day, use it when it’s at full strength on what matters most.”― Gary Keller

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity… It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.” – Melody Beattie

“Comparison is the thief of JOY” CS Lewis

Cancer: Comparison, Complaining, & Criticizing

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.I awoke and saw that life is service.I acted and behold, service was JOY.— Rabindranath Tagore

Are you building eulogy virtues or resume virtues? Eulogy virtues are life-giving

“Curiosity is the hunger of the human mind.” Rose Wilder Lane

“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” Psalm 46:10

“Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood, memory, and learning.” – John J. Ratey

“The greatest leaders are the most well-read.” – Simon Sinek